James herva jones



I (No Model.)

' J. H. JONES.-

MOWER FRAME- No. 406,738 Patented July 9, 188 9.

mmnmm IL "I UNITED STATES PATE T OFFICE.

JAMES HERVA JONES, OF ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO THE EMERSON,

TALCOTT & COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

MOWER-FRAM E.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 406,738, dated July 9, 1889.

Application filed July 7, 1887. Serial No. 243,642. (No model.)

T on whom it may concern: ,to receive a hook portion 9 of the hinge to Be it known that I, JAMES HERVA JONES, a the lid 10 of the tool-box. A lid 10 to the citizen of the United States, residing in the tool-box is formed with an opening to receive city of Rockford, in the county of Winnebago the hook 9, and a bar 11 on its edge to enter 5 and State of Illinois, have invented certain within the hook, and forms the pintle of the new and useful Improvements in Mowerhinge connecting the lid with the box; and

Frames, of which the following is a specificathe tongue 7%, when in place, serves to hold tion. the hook portion 9 of the hinge in place, and

' This invention relates to mowing-machines, the lid in hinge-connection with the boX,in a

to but more especially to the part of a lnowingmanner to permit it to open upward to aver- 6o machineknown as theframe, main frame, tical position against the vertical side of the or supporting-frame, which are now gentongue. erally made of cast-iron. The forward end 12 of the support to the The object of this invention is to produce crank-shaft is produced in semi-cylindrical 15 a 1nowing-machine frame of a. reliable, simhollow form, to receive the crank-head and ple, and cheap construction, and that will reits pitman-connection, and a casing thereto quire but little machine-work to fit it up; and serves to protect its under side. it presents a number of advantageous points, The cap portion 13 of the crank-head casall of which, in connection with the accoining is also of semi-cylindrical form, and its 20 panying drawings, will be hereinafter more head end 15 is provided with semi-hook arms fully described. 16, which enter openings formed in the upper In the drawings,Figure 1 is an isonietrical edge portion of the head end17 of the lower representation of portions of a mowing-maportion 12, and the bars 18 on its upper edge chine embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is an enter the hook-arms and form the pint-1e of 25 isometrical representation of the open end the hinge-connection of the two detachable portion of an oil-box. Fig. 3 represents the sections of the casing. cover to the oil-box, formed to be put in place The rear end of the cap 13 made in hasp and pressed to the form shown in Fig. 4. form, as shown at 13%, to receive a stud 14, Fig. 5 is a transverse vertical section on dotwhich is perforated to receive a key or colter o ted line a, Fig. 1, showing the hinge-conabove the clasp to hold it in place in a renection of the lid of the tool-box. Fig. 6 is a movable manner. g

. vertical lengthwise section on dotted line b, In the figure a portion of the cap 13 is Fig. 1, showing the hinge-connection of the broken away to more clearly show the concap with its lower portion. Fig. 7 is a secstruction and arrangements of the said hasp,

3 5 tional detail. V stud, and key. The side of the casing to the The bed-platelof the frame in many recrank-head toward the cutting apparatus is spects is substantially the same as the bedslotted vertically to receive the pitman to the plate of mower-frames now in use, audit is cutters, to permit its movement produced by formed to receive the axle 2 and the crankthe rotations of the wrist-pin in the crank- 0 shaft 3, both of which are held in place to head. The upper portion of the gear-case 9o revolve in their bearings by caps 4: and 5, consists of a lower section 19 and a lid 20. fixed to the bed-plate by screw-bolts 4%, and The lower section 19 is made in a single cast- 5% in the usual manner. The bed-plate is ing with perforated cars 19%, projecting from also formed with the under portions 6 of its base edges, through which bolts 19% are 45 the gear-case, and a recess '7 to receive the passed to fix it to the bed-plate. The upper 5 rear end portionof a tongue 7%. (Shown in forward corners of the lower section, are prosection in Fig. 5.) The bed-plate is formed vided with uprising perforated ears 21 as a with a tool-box 8 immediately on the stubble part of the hinge to the lid 20. side of the tongue forward of the axle, and a Ribs 22 project from the outer face of the 50 transverse recess 8% is formed in the recess 7 forward end of the lower section, extending Ioo up and down near its middle portion, and the portion of the casing between the vertical ribs is of less thickness than its vertical walls, to be readily broken by hammer taps or otherwise, to form a separation between the ribs, as represented by the waved line 23.

The lid is of proper conformation and size to engage the upper edge of the lower section 19, and its forward end is provided with sidewiseprojecting pintles, which enter the perforated ears 21 of the lower section and form the hinge-connection of the lid therewith.

In putting the lid in place the lower secion by means of its separated forward end wall is spread to an extent to permit the pintles of the lid to enter the perforated ears, and the casing is then bolted in place to the bed-plate.

The several caps to the bearings are provided with oil-receptacles 24, which in this instance are of semicircular form in plan, and their bottoms are perforated to permit the oil contained in the receptacle to How onto the journal supported to revolve in the bearing. The perforation to permit a flow of oil to the bearing is not shown, but may' be any suitable form. The oil-receptacle may be either formed integral With the said castings or secured thereto in an y well-known and approved manner. Lid-supports 25 project from the inner face of the diameter-wall of the receptacle, and perforations 26 are formed in the peripheral wall thereof immediately above the lid-supports. A recess 27 is formed in the center of the arching wall of the oil-receptaele to receive a lip of a lid to the chamber.

The lid 28 is cut from plate material to the required size and conformation to conform to the opening of the receptacle, and its opposite ends are provided with pintle projections 29 to enter the perforations 26, and its arching portion is provided with a lip projection 30 to enter therecess 27 in the peripheral wall of the oil-receptacle.

The lid 28 is bent in an angular or arching form, substantially as shown in Fig. 3, and it is then placed in position in the receptacle, and is pressed or otherwise forced to its plate position, which causes its pintles to enter the perforations in the peripheral walls, and forms a hinge-connection of the lid, and its lip portion will enter the recess formed therein.

I claim as my invention 1. In a mowing-machine frame, the combination of a tool-box, a lid to the tool-box, and a hinge connecting the 'lid to the box, the hinge consisting of a pintle and a hook, one of these two parts being formed integral with the lid, and the hook being held in engage ment with the pintle by a removable part of the frame, substantially as set forth.

2. In a mowing-machine frame, the combi nation of a tongue, a tool-boX, a lid for-the tool-box, and a hinge for connecting the lid to the box, the said hinge consisting of a pintle and a hook, one of the parts being formed integral with the lid and the other locked to the frame by the tongue, substantially as set forth.

3. In a mowing-machine frame, the combination of a tongue removably secured to the frame, a tool-box, a tool-box lid, and a hinge for connecting the tool-box lid with the box, the said hinge consisting, essentially, of a pintle formed integral with the lid, and a hook having a shank bent to conform to the ton gu eseat in the frame, whereby the securing of the tongue to the frame locks the hook of the hinge against displacement, substantially as set forth.

at. The combination, in a mower, of the frame constructed to form the lower portion of the gear-case, the upper portion of the said case composed of two sections, the lower section of the said upper portion having a split wall and perforated hinge-ears at opposite ends of the said wall, the top section of the upper portion being a lid with projecting pintles to enter the perforated ears in the lower section, the split wall springing apart in order to allow the pintles to be secured in the ears, substantially as set forth.

' JAMES HERVA JONES. IVitnesses:

H. D. EASTMAN, A. O. BEHEL. 

